During the late summer and and through the Fall of 2023 I embarked on a series of treks through the Himalayas starting in Ladakh and working my way to Bhutan. …
Kurt Lauer
Member since September 2021
#46 546 74
My name is Kurt, and I live in Seattle, Washington. My main passion in travel is hiking and exploring National Parks, Wilderness areas, and dramatic landscapes. My biggest goal in traveling has been to hike in every US wilderness area - and so far I've been to 748 of America's 803 designated wilderness areas. I've also been to all the national parks (except the one in American Samoa) and almost all the National Monuments and National Park Historical sites. In my travels to different parks around the world, I noticed a couple years back that I had been to a number of WHS, so I came across this site, and decided to add them up. Since then I've made a more concerted effort to visit them, though my focus is still parks and the natural landscapes. Just finished a six month journey to Indian subcontinent. My focus was hiking in the Himalayas in India, Nepal and Bhutan, but I added a couple extra months and visited all the other non-Himalayan WHS in Bangladesh, Nepal and India. This allowed me to be the first person in the group to visit all the India WHS (though this won't last long as the are nominating 2 more for addition in the coming years and I only went to one of them). What I like about visiting WHS is it gets me to places that I wouldn't necessarily visit and the journey to get there takes me to a lot of interesting places along the way.
Recent Visits
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310April 28, 2025Aachen Cathedral, Beemster Polder, Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust, Colonies of Benevolence ...
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10April 7, 2025City of Luxembourg
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150April 7, 2025Amiens Cathedral, Belfries, Champagne, Chartres Cathedral, Flemish Béguinages ...
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About Kurt Lauer
- First name
- Kurt
- Member since
- September 2021
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #46
- WHS
- 546
- Tentative Sites
- 74
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 4
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Rani-ki-Vav 5.0
- Chola Temples 5.0
- Ellora Caves 5.0
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 5.0
- Sagarmatha National Park 5.0
- Kathmandu Valley 4.5
- Vienna 4.5
- Khangchendzonga National Park 4.5
- Reims 4.5
- Aachen Cathedral 4.5
- Upper Svaneti 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Ningaloo Coast 4.0
- Ajanta Caves 4.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.0
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 4.0
- Haghpat and Sanahin 4.0
- Great Himalayan National Park 4.0
- Hampi 4.0
- Kaziranga National Park 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Cesky Krumlov 4.0
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex 4.0
- Belfries 4.0
- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers 4.0
- Schönbrunn 4.0
- Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas 4.0
- Fortifications of Vauban 4.0
- Ogasawara Islands 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Bom Jesus do Monte 4.0
- Yakushima 4.0
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 4.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 4.0
- Nyungwe National Park 4.0
- Monastery of Alcobaça 4.0
- Monastery of Batalha 4.0
- Mérida 4.0
- Baroque Churches 4.0
- SGang Gwaay 4.0
- Banska Stiavnica 4.0
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya 4.0
- Nahanni National Park 4.0
- Churches of Peace 3.5
- Lübeck 3.5
- Shark Bay 3.5
- Amiens Cathedral 3.5
- Alto Douro 3.5
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 3.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
- Niah Caves 3.5
- Caceres 3.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
- Villages with Fortified Churches 3.5
- Churches of Chiloé 3.5
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary 3.5
- Guimarães 3.5
- Champagne 3.5
- Mtskheta 3.5
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 3.5
- Champaner-Pavagadh 3.5
- Chartres Cathedral 3.5
- Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple 3.5
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 3.5
- Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur 3.5
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 3.5
- Sun Temple, Konarak 3.5
- Sundarbans National Park 3.5
- The Sundarbans 3.5
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 3.5
- Amami-Oshima Island 3.5
- Jomon Prehistoric Sites 3.0
- Shirakami-Sanchi 3.0
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.0
- Shiretoko 3.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 3.0
- Mount Hamiguitan 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.0
- Bardejov Town 3.0
- Kinderdijk 3.0
- Kew Gardens 3.0
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 3.0
- Kutna Hora 3.0
- Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands 3.0
- Margravial Opera House 3.0
- Maritime Greenwich 3.0
- Zollverein 3.0
- Monastery of Geghard 3.0
- Centennial Hall 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Regensburg 3.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 3.0
- Semmering Railway 3.0
- Sheki 3.0
- Sighisoara 3.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3.0
- Telc 3.0
- Dacian Fortresses 3.0
- Vlkolinec 3.0
- Walled City of Baku 3.0
- Warsaw 3.0
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 3.0
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 3.0
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3.0
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba 3.0
- Los Alerces National Park 3.0
- Panamá 3.0
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo 3.0
- Corvey 3.0
- Chitwan National Park 3.0
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.0
- Dholavira: A Harappan City 3.0
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 3.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 3.0
- Mahabalipuram 3.0
- Gelati Monastery 3.0
- Gobustan Rock Art 3.0
- Pattadakal 3.0
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 3.0
- Western Ghats 3.0
- The Four Lifts 3.0
- Hopewell 3.0
- Poverty Point 3.0
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 3.0
- Elvas 3.0
- Mafra 3.0
- Graz 3.0
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 3.0
- Lenggong Valley 2.5
- Al Zubarah 2.5
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 2.5
- Holasovice 2.5
- Holy Trinity Column 2.5
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Litomysl Castle 2.5
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 2.5
- Monastery of Horezu 2.5
- Pannonhalma 2.5
- Primeval Beech Forests 2.5
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 2.5
- Tokaji Wine Region 2.5
- Trebic 2.5
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 2.5
- Bagerhat 2.5
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 2.5
- Elephanta Caves 2.5
- Lumbini 2.5
- Mountain Railways of India 2.5
- Nalanda 2.5
- Gusuku of Ryukyu 2.5
- Sado Island Gold Mines 2.5
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 2.5
- Vigan 2.5
- Flemish Béguinages 2.5
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.5
- Jelling 2.5
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.5
- Stevns Klint 2.5
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.5
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.0
- Wadden Sea 2.0
- Ahmadabad 2.0
- Willemstad 2.0
- Stoclet House 2.0
- Danube Limes 2.0
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 2.0
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 2.0
- Van Nellefabriek 2.0
- Colonies of Benevolence 2.0
- Provins 2.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.0
- Tugendhat Villa 2.0
- Fagus Factory 2.0
- Hedeby and Danevirke 2.0
- Roșia Montană 2.0
- Kladruby nad Labem 2.0
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 2.0
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 2.0
- Okinoshima Island 2.0
- Hortobágy 2.0
- Turaif Quarter 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Hollókö 2.0
- Santiniketan 2.0
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 1.5
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 1.5
- Lower German Limes 1.5
- Major Town Houses 1.5
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 1.5
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 1.5
- Le Havre 1.5
- Schokland 1.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 1.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 1.0
- Beemster Polder 1.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Satpura Tiger Reserve
- Mughal Gardens in Kashmir
- Royal Manas National Park (RMNP)
- Thomas Jefferson Buildings
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
- White Sands National Monument
- Tabon Cave
- Bahá'í House of Worship at New Delhi
- Orchha
- Varanasi
- The Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad
- Ekamra Kshetra
- Cold Desert Cultural Landscape of India
- Sun Temple, Modhera
- Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam
- Bussaco cultural landscape
- Dayton Aviation Sites
- Mattanchery Palace
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Reviews by Kurt Lauer

Khangchendzonga National Park (Inscribed)
Khangchendzonga National Park
Satpura Tiger Reserve (On tentative list)
Satpura Tiger Reserve
I visited the Satpura Tiger Reserve during Christmas of 2023. Satpura is the largest of the Tiger Reserves in Madhya Pradesh. Due to its larger size Tiger sightings are less …

Archaeological Sites on the D… (On tentative list)
Archaeological Sites on the Deltaic Landscape of B
The Archeological Sites of the Deltaic Landscape are a series of old mosques and burial sites in Western Bangladesh. Most are well off the beaten path, and even the sites …
The Architectural Works of Mu… (On tentative list)
The Architectural Works of Muzharul Islam
Muzharul Islam is a 20th Century Bangladeshi architect. I never heard of him until I saw that Bangladesh had added a number of his buildings to the TWHS list. Three …